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Government extends date for implementation of 111 non-emergency service by 'up to six months' The government has extended the deadline for the roll out of NHS 111 to make sure areas have enough time to plan for the service. The announcement follows criticism of 111 by the British Medical Association and other unions, as well as pressure from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and private firms. In a letter to CCGs Jim Easton, national director for improvement and efficiency at the Department of Health (DH), says that after careful consideration and having sought the views of senior CCG...

Foundation trust trials Lorenzo electronic patient record system ahead of launch planned for the summer Humber NHS foundation trust has said that testing of the Lorenzo electronic patient record (EPR) system is under way ahead of a full launch planned for this summer. "Humber has created new processes which will be used across the organisation and has completed two of the four cycles of testing based on these processes," a spokeswoman said in a statement to GGC. "The results are very positive with the few software issues identified during testing now included in the Lorenzo go-live...

Department of Health and IT industry association say joint plan aims to help NHS and care professionals realise full benefits of ICT The Department of Health's informatics directorate and Intellect have promised to develop a joint initiative to help NHS managers and staff to become better "clients" of ICT solutions. In a first draft of their joint document, Plan to foster a healthy and vibrant healthcare IT market , the two organisations say that NHS management and healthcare professionals need help in developing confidence in the benefits of IT solutions to be able to make good investment...

Initiatives aimed at supporting economy to be included in chancellor's Autumn Statement Open data initiatives for the NHS, transport, weather and house prices, along with the creation of an Open Data Institute are due be announced to coincide with the chancellor's Autumn Statement tomorrow. It is understood that George Osborne will relate the opening up of public sector data to efforts to boost the growth of the UK economy, at a time when there are fears of the country slipping back into recession. The government hopes that the moves will boost investment in digital and medical technology...

Health secretary invites ideas for applications and online maps to support healthcare Health secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a call for new ideas for health apps to help patients make informed decisions about their care. The invitation is open to healthcare professionals and app developers. Lansley cited an existing example of what could be done, the Choosing Well app developed by NHS Yorkshire and Humber which enables people to search for their nearest NHS services. The Department of Health (DH) said any ideas, that also extend to online maps, should relate to one of five themes: personalisation...

Cabinet Office announces plans to publish 'key data' on the NHS, schools, criminal courts and transport The government is to release new datasets that will include information such as clinical achievements and prescribing data by individual GP practices, and data on court sentencing and traffic accidents as part of its plans to open up public services. The new commitments were outlined by the prime minister David Cameron in a letter to Cabinet colleagues . They come ahead of the Open Public Services white paper and represent the "most ambitious open data agenda of any government anywhere...